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Entries for August 2009




Merc' Melange

August 17, 2009 12:49 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

When we left Tony Gaglio yesterday, he had sold his beloved 1951 purple Mercury Monarch, missed it so much he asked the buyer to sell it back to him, and had been turned down flat. Now for the rest of the story...

 

 

 

 
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Tags: Morristown | photography | hot rods



One Man's Merc'

August 14, 2009 12:26 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Tony Gaglio loved his 1951 Mercury. Then, in a moment of weakness, he succumbed to a generous offer for the car, and rashly sold it. He went out and bought a 1949 Merc', and he had a lot of work done on it in an attempt to duplicate the feel of his treasured '51. "But I just couldn't get it the way I wanted it," he says. So then...

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Tags: Morristown | photography | hot rods



Hot Rod Messages

August 13, 2009 12:55 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Hot rodders are very touchy about certain things, and about their basic convictions wear their hearts on their sleeves, or rather their windows, spare tire covers, and saddle bags.

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Tags: Morristown | photography | hot rods



Rumble in Town 2

August 12, 2009 12:43 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Details, details. Hot rods are all about the details. Continuing yesterday's coverage of a hot rod rally on the Green in Morristown...

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Tags: Morristown | photography | hot rods



Rumble in Town

August 11, 2009 12:39 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

A passel of hot rods, chrome exhaust pipes rumbling, ringed the Morristown Green last week for a show and tell. Plain Sight was there...

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Tags: Morristown | photography | hot rods



From The Other Side

August 10, 2009 12:45 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Over the weekend, Plain Sight looked up at the elevated entrance to a plumbing supply store. As promised, here is the view from the other side...

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Tags: Morristown | photography



Elevation

August 07, 2009 01:30 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

This plumbing supply store sits well above the sidewalk because the street is steeply angled, making for an interesting perspective...

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